*WHAT: The Secretary of State’s Office will conduct a public hearingto receive reports and take testimony on the “Deck Zero” anomaly inPremier Election Solutions’ Global Election Management System (GEMS)version 1.18.19.

The Deck Zero software error, which can delete the first groupof optically scanned ballots under certain circumstances, caused 197ballots to be inadvertently deleted from Humboldt County’s initialresults in the November 4, 2008, General Election. Upon discovery ofthe software error, Humboldt County subsequently corrected its electionresults. Two other California counties, San Luis Obispo and SantaBarbara, used the same software for the November 4 election butencountered no similar problems in counting ballots.

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Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office conducted an independent investigation into the Premier GEMS 1.18.19 software errors and uncovered even more information that was previously unknown to county and state elections officials. For more about the investigation and the public hearing, go to